China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
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| Microsoft’s hostile-takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an
| unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese antimonopoly law takes effect
| that will extend the nation’s economic influence far beyond its borders.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/technology/28yahoo.html?_r=2&ei=5088&en=7a73f32c393fc7e8&ex=1364356800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Meanwhile, as it has just turned out, Microsoft's 'Surface' is procrastinated,
still DoA. What a waste of money (mind article at the bottom about the loan).
No link because the report come from a Microsoft boot licker, Ina Fried.
Speaking of which, lookie here! Another Microsoft AstroTurfers (paid to recite
Microsoft slogans) is now flirting with Microsoft execs. No suprise here:
GigaOM Interview: Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corp.
http:// gigaom.com/2008/03/10/the-gigaom-interview-ray-ozzie-microsoft-corp/
They do a punishment/award thing for access to execs. Om Malik apparently did
enough shilling for Microsoft.
Recent:
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Related (context, re: Om Malik):
Microsoft pays star writers to recite slogan
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| The stodgy old media industry has a rule that newspaper reporters, and TV
| news hosts, shouldn't trade on their public trust to endorse products.
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http://valleywag.com/tech/federated-media/microsoft-pays-star-writers-to-recite-slogan-271485.php
Malik, Arrington and Battelle: X-22, come in [to Microsoft]
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| What would possess a collection of online publishers and venture capitalists
| to pimp a Microsoft advertising slogan?
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| Valleywag today reported about a site tied to a Microsoft ad campaign
| where the likes of Michael Arrington, Om Malik and others seemingly
| lend their support to the "people-ready" catchphrase.
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| I sent e-mails both to Arrington and Malik and--surprise,
| surprise--heard nothing back. (Obviously, they are not yet
| sufficiently "Coop-ready.") Microsoft was still checking for me into
| whether money exchanged hands. But even if not a single shekel exchanged
| hands, I must wonder about the absence of common sense. Why would
| ostensibly independent voices come across as Microsoft shills? If
| they were hoping for a free dinner with Bill Gates, there are
| smarter ways to go about it.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733995-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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| "The main thing I'm pissed off about right now is that they pulled all the
| ads, which mean we're taking a revenue hit. We're running a business here,
| and have payroll to make. We run ads to make that payroll. Those ads have now
| been pulled."
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| Microsoft once again corrupts confidence in the blogsphere. They
| turn 'citizen journalists' to marketing people in disguise.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9734034-7.html?tag=head
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